Unique combination of anatomy and physiology in cells of the rat paralaminar thalamic nuclei adjacent to the medial geniculate body

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-334

  Smith, Philip H ^a,c   Bartlett, Edward L ^b   Kowalkowski, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium burst; Intralaminar nuclei; Parafascicular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; DENDRITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENICULATE BODIES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NICKEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SILVER STAINING; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 33645670109     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20913     Document Type: Article

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